4 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOE HOESES. 



he understands if lie be placed in the 

 position that renders his obedience 

 easy. 



If the horse be deficient in the fore- 

 hand and high and strong in the croup, 

 we must carry back and aid the forces 

 of the former, or the animal will be 

 heavy in front from the preponderance 

 of the forces of the hind-quarters, and 

 will struggle against the hand. It is 

 usually the horse of this make that in 

 unskilful hands becomes a bolter and a 

 runaway. 



If the horse be strong and well 

 made in the fore-hand, but weak and 

 deficient in the croup, we must bring 

 up and strengthen the latter, so that its 

 forces may meet and balance the forces 

 of the fore-hand. When the hand, ope- 



